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Lotus develops biofuel hybrid engine

Lotus develops biofuel hybrid engine(0)

August 16, 2008

Lotus Engineering, the engineering arm of the iconic British sports car maker, has announced a collaboration with Queen ’s University Belfast and Jaguar Cars Ltd to develop an engine which maximises fuel efficiency when running on renewable fuels. The OMNIVORE concept will employ novel engine architecture to achieve a high thermal efficiency when fuelled on […]

Lotus develops biofuel hybrid engine
Google invests in electric car Aptera

Google invests in electric car Aptera

If you thought green tech was shaping up as the next dot com, then this investment seems to confirm it. Aptera Motors, the California based electric car start-up, has secured funding from Google.org on Tuesday this week and sealed a $24 million series C financing round by Thursday.
Aptera, which plans to use the capital for […]

Electric car restarts British sporting lineage

Electric car restarts British sporting lineage

The Lightning Car Company, based in Peterborough, could be the beginning of a renaissance in British sports cars.
The company’s Lightning GT is due for release later this year and the company claims it will “put British sports car innovation well and truly back on the map”.
The Lightning GT is designed to accommodate the latest battery […]

Kelly puts brakes on biofuel transport

Kelly puts brakes on biofuel transport

Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport, will be slowing down the annual increase in renewable energy targets in transport fuels.
Announcing the findings of the Gallagher Review this afternoon, Ms Kelly said there had been an increasing number of questions about indirect, less tangible affects from the production of biofuels.
She said the government would […]


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